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Best Albums of 2011?

post #1 of 24
1/7/12 at 4:32pm
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Already well into 2012, we look back on 2011 and it was a pretty good year for music. I'm curious to see head-fi's take on what the best albums of 2011 were. 

 

I have a personal top 5, and while it's pretty tentative, I feel these were the albums I got the most plays and offered the best complete listening experience. 

 

1. Starfu*ker-Reptilians 

2. Radiohead - King of Limbs

3. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy

4. Phantogram - Nightlife

5. Feist - Metals

 

You don't have to compile a huge list or anything, maybe one album in particular really stuck out, but what do the audiophiles think? 

 


Edited by seraphjei - 1/7/12 at 4:39pm
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post #2 of 24
1/7/12 at 4:41pm

It was a great year for music!


Edited by Redcarmoose - 1/7/12 at 4:42pm
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post #3 of 24
1/7/12 at 4:52pm

2 of my favourites on spotify.

 

 

Fatoumata Diawara: Fatou (World Circuit) http://open.spotify.com/album/4cIsRsgaaVwIiLYDh2abEY

 

 

Camille: Camille: Il Veyou    http://open.spotify.com/album/029IbnpJXBnaS9A3uJ686w

 

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post #4 of 24
1/7/12 at 5:06pm
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Lite
Wino - Adrift
Burzum - Fallen
Sarke - Oldharian
Sol Invictus - The Cruelest Month
I'm sure I'm missing a bunch, just looked quickly through my library, and those are the ones that stand out.
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post #5 of 24
1/7/12 at 5:22pm

1) The Strokes - Angles

2) Chapel Club - Palace

3) Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

4) R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now

5) Yuck - Yuck

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post #6 of 24
1/7/12 at 5:31pm

In no particular order:

 

James Blake - James Blake

Battles - Gloss Drop

Rustie - Glass Swords

BADBADNOTGOOD - BBNG

Kendrick Lamar - Section.80

 

Still have more albums I want to check out from 2011 though.


Edited by Connnorrr - 1/7/12 at 6:53pm
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post #7 of 24
1/7/12 at 6:51pm

2011 was a great year in terms of new music releases. Compared to the previous couple of years it was almost like a tidal wave. I still have several albums I need to get better acquainted with, but here's five stand outs off the top of my head:

 

Björk - Biophilia

Boris - New Album

Iiro Rantala - Lost Heroes

Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow

Radiohead - The King of Limbs

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post #8 of 24
1/7/12 at 6:57pm
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Originally Posted by MohawkUS View Post

Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Lite
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I was a huge fan of The Bees Made Honey... but this one didn't seem to grab me. I wasn't disappointed, but I guess it didn't hit me like their last album. I am looking forward to Part II next month, though.

 

Some of my favorites:

O'Brother - Garden Window

Radiohead - King of Limbs

The Black Keys - El Camino

Thrice - Major/Minor

 

I wasn't very impressed by the new albums from Bon Iver, Elbow, or Fleet Foxes. There are fantastic tracks on all, but I felt like their previous albums were stronger.

 

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post #9 of 24
1/7/12 at 10:06pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by festivus528 View Post

 

I wasn't very impressed by the new albums from Bon Iver, Elbow, or Fleet Foxes. There are fantastic tracks on all, but I felt like their previous albums were stronger.


 

I think Bon Iver's album was especially disappointing. I mean don't get me wrong, it's a decent album overall, but compared to "For Emma, Forever Ago" his self titled obviously comes up short. 



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Originally Posted by Connnorrr View Post

Kendrick Lamar - Section.80

 


Hell yes, best hiphop album of 2011 EASILY. Weekend at Burnie's is right up there though. I feel like when it comes to Section.80 I can put the album on repeat for HOURS and it still feels fresh. 

 


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Originally Posted by TexasBuck View Post

1) The Strokes - Angles

5) Yuck - Yuck


I'm glad someone mentioned Angles and Yuck's self titled. I've been listening to Yuck for a few days now, I and I like it way more than anything Cajun Dance Party put out. Yes I'm serious.

 

Thanks for the input everyone, there are a lot of releases here I didn't even know about. I still need to listen to Thrice, The Black Keys, James Blake, Battles. Whew, twas a great year indeed.

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post #10 of 24
1/8/12 at 12:41am

Alison Krauss & Union Station - Paper Airplane (the mastering on this is very good)

Adele - 21

Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Don't Explain

Christina Perri - Lovestrong

Feist - Metals

Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials

Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow

Little Dragon - Ritual Union

Opeth - Heritage

 

 

 

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post #11 of 24
1/8/12 at 3:05am

I really enjoyed El Camino by The Black Keys

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post #12 of 24
1/8/12 at 4:53am

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Summvs

Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972

Evidence - Cats & Dogs

Vladislav Delay Quartet - Vladislav Delay Quartet

Nils Frahm - Felt

Keith Jarrett - Rio

elZhi with Will Sessions - Elmatic

Kangding Ray - OR

Andy Stott - Passed Me By

Kashiwa Daisuke

 

In that order.

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post #13 of 24
1/8/12 at 8:02pm
Two huge albums for me:

Light Bearer - Lapsus
Cult of Youth - S/T

Everything else pretty much forgettable.
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post #14 of 24
1/8/12 at 8:18pm

St. Vincent - Strange Mercy fo sho, I'm a Texan so little pride there

Bon Iver - Self Titled

Fleet Foxes - Helpless Blues

Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean

Cake - Showroom of Compassion

plus plenty more I'm sure

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post #15 of 24
1/8/12 at 11:28pm

Biophilia isn't great, but Björk is Björk in my world. 

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